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Another Wednesday Reset

Posted onMay 14, 2015August 30, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A blissful after work hike Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagshiking, Wednesday Reset, work life balance

Outdoor Failures – What we learn from not meeting goals

Posted onMay 12, 2015November 28, 2018AuthorPaul Mags13 Comments

Thoughts on not meeting personal goals in the outdoors. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsbackpacking, goals, hiking, running, time bank

Senate Amendment 838 – Our lands for sale

Posted onMay 11, 2015October 31, 2018AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A newly passed, if symbolic, amendment could affect how our public lands are administered. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsactivism, Murkowski, public lands, SA 838

TBT Gear: Equinox Ultralight Tarp

Posted onMay 7, 2015November 25, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A look at an old warhorse. Functional, light, still works, not expensive. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsEquinox, gear review, shelters, silnylon, tarp, TBT Gear

The Perfect Campsite

Posted onMay 6, 2015November 25, 2023AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

The perfect campsite is more that just a list of bullet points to check off. The perfect campsite is something less tangible. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsbackpacking, camp sites, camping

Alcohol stove alternative – Hornet BRS-3000t

Posted onMay 5, 2015December 14, 2021AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

A sub-one ounce canister stove that may be a good option for solo backpackers. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsBRS-3000t, budget gear, canister stove, gear review, Hornet, stoves

Colorado Canyon Country – Little Bookcliffs WSA

Posted onMay 4, 2015June 1, 2017AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

An overnight backpacking trip to an area that featured canyons, desert flowers in bloom and mustangs. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Colorado Plateau, hiking, Wilderness Study Area

Whole bunch of knot-sense

Posted onMay 1, 2015March 24, 2016AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Some basic knots to know for hiking, backpacking or camping. Works well for daily use, too. Read More …

CategoriesGetting StartedTagsbackpacking, camping, knots

Wednesday Reset

Posted onApril 30, 2015August 30, 2017AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A mid-week hike is just the reset I needed after a busy April. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsBoulder, hiking, Wednesday Reset, work life balance

TBT Gear: Mini-Maglite Jakstrap Headband

Posted onApril 23, 2015April 25, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A look at another old piece of gear that I am re-purposing for a new item. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsgear review, headband, lights, TBT Gear

East to the Wildness

Posted onApril 22, 2015November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

To the east, on the The Great Plains, may just be where wildness is located. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagscamping, High Plains, hiking, The Great Plains, Wildness

The Trail Show #35 – The Great Plains Trail

Posted onApril 20, 2015April 20, 2015AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

The Trail Show #35 featuring The Great Plains Trail. Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, hiking, podcast, The Trail Show

April Showers

Posted onApril 16, 2015November 17, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Snow in April means it is spring. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsColorado, spring, wildflowers

To the happy place

Posted onApril 15, 2015February 7, 2017AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

In order to get the time off I need next month, I had to juggle my on-call schedule.  I am on now call for two out of three weeks this month. (Normally it is one out of six weeks) And Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsbackpacking, time bank, work life balance

Now that’s a knife!

Posted onApril 14, 2015April 26, 2025AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

The knives I use for my time spent in the outdoors. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsgear review, knives

Are you going “Hiking” this year?

Posted onApril 10, 2015June 19, 2017AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

The capital “H” means long trails with a designated route. The answer is no. And probably not for a while. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsbackpacking, hiking, thru hiking

Easter stroll in the Plains

Posted onApril 6, 2015April 6, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

This time of the year is typically difficult for me. The high country has sloppy, warm snow…but a bit too much for hiking. And I am not always in the mood to drive four hours to get to Colorado’s red Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsBoulder, hiking, plains

Trail Groove Issue 21

Posted onMarch 31, 2015November 17, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Trail Groove Issue 21. Lots of great articles. I wrote one about trail work. Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, food, hiking, Trail Groove, trail work, volunteer

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A few days on the Colorado Plateau. We saw new sites, revisited old favorites, and enjoyed a solo hike while @ramblinghemlock took a class at the nearby @crow_canyon
Bearing witness in a changed, post-fire landscape. Fire and flood shape the environment; some history passes away, while other traces remain untouched. The land eventually recovers: Some of it recently, some of it long after my lifetime.
On a rare group trip, we heard rain overnight and woke to this raging torrent. After the Babylon Fire, flooding was inevitable. The water carried a lot of ash.
@ramblinghemlock and I went to a place above the desert floor, where elk bugled, and there were expansive views of Capitol Reef and the Henry Mountains.
The hot and dry summer may account for the early leaf changing and somewhat muted colors. Still, not a bad sight.
@ramblinghemlock and I did an overnight to an obscure peak with an amazing viewscape. From the summit, we could see the Abajos and La Sals (our “home” mountains), distant 13ers and 14ers along the horizon, and the red rock country over the horizon. An incredible sunset capped off the evening.

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